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<HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-K
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August&nbsp;31, 2006 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>CERUS CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(State of jurisdiction)</B></FONT></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>2411 Stanwell Drive </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Concord, California 94520 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices and zip
code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (925)&nbsp;288-6000 </FONT></P> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Other Events. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On August&nbsp;31, 2006, Cerus
Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced that it has reached an agreement to settle its outstanding class action and derivative lawsuits. A copy of the Company&#146;s press release, entitled &#147;Cerus Announces Agreements to Settle Class
Action and Derivative Lawsuits,&#148; is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreements, the
plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (<I>In re Cerus Corporation Securities Litigation </I>Master File No. C-03-5517-JF(RS)) and in the related shareholders&#146;
derivative lawsuit pending in the Superior Court for the County of Contra Costa (<I>Joseph Leone v. Stephen T. Isaacs, et. al. </I>Case No. MSC03-03092) will provide the defendants with a release of all known and unknown claims related to such class
action and derivative lawsuits without any admission of wrongdoing or liability by any party. Under these settlement agreements, the Company&#146;s directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policy will fund a cash settlement amount and
the Company has agreed to take or continue certain corporate governance measures. Such specified corporate governance measures involve, among other measures, the Company making a good faith diligent effort to add one or two independent directors to
its Board of Directors by September&nbsp;1, 2007, (and if not added by such time, retaining a professional search firm to assist in the identification of such independent directors, with the Company using best efforts to add one or two independent
directors to the Board of Directors by December&nbsp;31, 2008), and, unless otherwise required by law, two thirds of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors will in good faith and with diligent effort consist, through January&nbsp;1, 2009, of
independent directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The settlement shall become effective upon the satisfaction of a number of conditions, including, among others, the
timely execution of a final stipulation, the approval of the settlement by the courts, and the final and non-appealable entry of a judgment by the courts dismissing the class action and derivative lawsuits with prejudice. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release, dated August&nbsp;31, 2006, entitled &#147;Cerus Announces Agreements to Settle Class Action and Derivative Lawsuits.&#148;</FONT></TD></TR>
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FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated: August&nbsp;31, 2006</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President, Finance and Chief</FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release, dated August 31, 2006, entitled &#147;Cerus Announces Agreements to Settle Class Action and Derivative Lawsuits.&#148;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<IMG SRC="g68781img001.jpg" ALT="LOGO"> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Contact: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Myesha Edwards </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Corporate Communications&nbsp;&amp; Investor Relations </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cerus Corporation </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(925) 288-6017 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CERUS
ANNOUNCES AGREEMENTS TO SETTLE CLASS ACTION AND </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>DERIVATIVE LAWSUITS </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CONCORD, CA, August&nbsp;31, 2006 - Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS) announced today that it has reached agreements to settle the Federal securities class action
litigation that has been pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and the related shareholders&#146; derivative lawsuit against certain current and former Cerus directors and officers, in the Superior Court
for the County of Contra Costa. The class action and derivative lawsuits each consolidated cases that were filed in 2003 and 2004. Under terms of the settlements, which are subject to court approval, all claims against the company and other
defendants will be dismissed in their entirety without admission of liability or wrongdoing by any party. In connection with the settlement of the derivative litigation, the company agreed to adopt certain corporate governance measures. The total
cash settlement will be funded entirely by insurance carriers under the company&#146;s directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance policy and will have no financial impact on Cerus. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>ABOUT CERUS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cerus Corporation is a biopharmaceutical company that
develops and commercializes novel, proprietary products in the fields of blood safety and immunotherapy to provide safer, more effective medical options to patients in areas of substantial unmet medical needs. </FONT></P> <P
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